Sumbhajee Angria

Sumbhajee Angria (born c. 1695) was an Indian pirate and Hindu priest, who was known as the "Terror of the Arabian Sea" and the pirate lord of the Indian Ocean during the 18th century.

Biography
Sumbhajee Angria was born in the 1690s, and he was the son of the famous Indian privateer Kanhoji Angria. He was initially supposed to be a Hindu priest, but he decided to abandon his religious career for a life of piracy, plundering rich merchant ships between Europe and the Indian Subcontinent. His ship Otter could slip in and out of ports quickly, and he was believed to have supernatural powers; the East India Company and other European companies feared him.